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(...) That is pretty cool. The Wheels could be then swapped out with custom wheels...example the wheels available from BBB.... then??? Ben (18 years ago, 5-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Danish train show electronics
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(...) You guessed correct! These pics are from my rail-race-extreme layout, and the Led's are just for the looks. If a race starts, both tracks light up. One red, one yellow. Side-effect, very usefull in this case: the Led's reduce the amount of (...) (18 years ago, 5-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) No problem. I'll be there to build-up on Wednesday, visitor at Sunday and break-down on Tuesday. You will find the train at the gigantic Belug display. The ZOO-display from Rick and me is integrated in that Belug layout. See you soon! Klaas (18 years ago, 5-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I posted more pictures of the SLTC layout on Brickshelf... see: (URL) still can't believe that I managed to get an entire airfield constructed in the short period of time that I had to construct my module for the SLTC layout! There are other (...) (18 years ago, 5-Oct-06, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Danish train show electronics
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(...) Well, I wasn't there, and I'm no electrical engineer, but I'm going to take a stab at guessing. It looks like in that picture that the two LEDs are getting their power directly from the rails. In the picture before it in the gallery: (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 4-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains)
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Does anyone know what this little bit of electronics is for? (URL) from a LEGO event recently held in Denmark. I found the link on Jan Beyer's Blog ( (URL) ) but there's a problem with that blog which makes it impossible to write comments. (18 years ago, 4-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: British Rail Class 08
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(...) Hi Carl, Thanks for your comments and glad you like it. Unfortunately the mood strikes me quite rarely these days as I'm having a lot of fun jumping from theme to theme after a very solid run of trains last year. That said an interesting (...) (18 years ago, 3-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: British Rail Class 08
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(...) I like it a lot! It's small, sweet, detailed and very curved! I even put the picture of it as my Desktop Wallpaper, which only entices me more into wanting to build it :-) I hope you'll be in the mood again soon if you can create such lovely (...) (18 years ago, 3-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Save 9V Trains Contest Winners Rendering
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A while back, the Save 9V Trains website held a contest to design train models using LEGO Digital Designer. There were several categories for entries - steam locomotives, diesel/electric locomotives, rolling stock, rail maintenance, passenger cars, (...) (18 years ago, 2-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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It's been a while since I made a train but I was in the mood today. (2 URLs) BS> (when moderated) (URL) Flickr> Comments welcome, Tim (18 years ago, 1-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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This year, The Puget Sound Lego Train Club (PSLTC) was asked to be the main model railroad layout for the fair. The layout was a great success and thanks goes out to all of the members and all of the people who helped out with staffing. Pictures: (2 (...) (18 years ago, 1-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.us.wa, FTX) !!
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| | Customizing the 7897 Passenger Train: Danish IC4, version 3
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Hey, Bought the 7897 Passenger Train the other day and immediately realized that it would take only a few modifications to turn the German ICE-like design into the Danish IC4 passenger train. Here's the result: (URL) All the pictures in the (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 1-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Re: BayLTC @ Great Train Expo, San Jose
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(...) ooo. I remember this, now. Thanks all. Jonathan (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug, FTX)
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| | Re: BayLTC @ Great Train Expo, San Jose
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(...) That is correct. James made some new instructions after seeing Ross's version and I built it. You can see James' instructions and pictures of the trolleys I built here (URL) (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug, FTX)
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(...) Hello, Jonathan- This version looks very close to (URL) Ross' riff> on James Mathis' design. History (URL) HERE>. JOHN (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug, FTX)
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(...) I think it's a James Mathis design, built by Bruce Chamberlain. But I might have that mixed up with another trolley. If it is a Mathis then you can probably get the plans from him. (URL) (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: BayLTC @ Great Train Expo, San Jose
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(...) I may attempt one similar to that soon. Best, Jonathan (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: BayLTC @ Great Train Expo, San Jose
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(...) I don't have one, but you can see that same photo with a lot more detail here: (URL) Help bring back the San Jose Earthquakes - (URL) (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: BayLTC @ Great Train Expo, San Jose
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(...) Is there another shot of the blue/gray/white trolley in this shot anywhere? (URL) Jonathan (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: IR train base alternative
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(...) Actually a typical bridge rectifier will drop ~1.4 volts in the supply. That's alot! About a 16% drop in voltage, and a 29% drop in overall power at the top end. I'm not sure what effect this would have on the control circuitry. Mat (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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greenman schreef: (...) Hi Klaas, Will you take it to LegoWorld? Hope to see you there, Jeroen (18 years ago, 26-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) i never really tested it to see what the drop was. i can't imagine it was much though. ondrew (18 years ago, 26-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) Not really... It's a push along train, you just have to push it a bit harder !! :-) :-) Klaas (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | BayLTC @ Great Train Expo, San Jose
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My pictures from this past weekend's BayLTC layout at the Great Train Expo in San Jose are now up: Flickr: (3 URLs) entry: (URL) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) Like Jordan I found that triple wheel sets work fine as long as the wheels are close together. However, with my (URL) breakdown crane>, I found that it did increase the rolling resistance somewhat in corners, so your trains will slow down more (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) I haven't tried it with this set, but I did try a six-wheeled version of the locomotive from 4563. It worked fine, as long as the wheels were one set right after the other. If there is any additional spacing between, one runs into problems as (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) :-) :-) I guess it's supposed to be an alternative for the well known toy-bear. A toy-Christmas-bunny. :-) About the triple wheels: I haven't tried that yet, I was fully occupied with building, inventoring, making postings in 3 languages etc. (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Ondrew, how did you handle the voltage drop through the bridge rectifier? Did you measure any top-speed dropout? Curious, ---Will (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) Thanks for the pictures - it looks like a nice set. UK Shop-at-Home lists it as "Coming Soon on 27 Nov 2006", for £50. How well does the triple wheel set on the engine take corners and points? With this picture though, I can't help thinking: (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) Snip (...) Oh okay, thanks for the quick reply, I was not aware of that. Janey "Red Brick" (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Snip (...) The wheel sets in the train factory and the new IR train sets are the same. This is the new wheel set for Lego trains. Bruce (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) Question for the general train set builder... I only own a few train sets, but this was something that surprised me... (from Klaas Meijaard photo set) (URL) Have other sets come with the metal rod that mounts onto the train wheels as separate (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) I'm unclear on whether the 10173 Christmas Train set will become available to the general public later this fall via Shop at Home. Does anyone have authoritative information regarding this? Thanks, Jordan (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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I start with my conclusion: If you look for a very nice Christmas present, for yourself or for your kids: go buy this Christmas Train!!! I could not resist to buy this nice set at the Brand Store in Oberhausen-Germany. I build it, and made some (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 101073 - brief report & pics
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I start with my conclusion: If you look for a very nice Christmas present, for yourself or for your kids: go buy this Chrismas Train!!! I could not resist to buy this nice set at the Brand Store in Oberhausen-Germany. I build it, and made some pics. (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Town and Train at NWBrickCon 2006
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NWBrickCon 2006 is fast approaching. The space for Town and Train in the Expo Hall will be large (16'x29') but is already filling up and I need to know what will be there. Contact me at the above (despamblocked) address to let me know what you will (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | Re: Swedish X2000 high speed train prototype - and it tilts!
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In lugnet.trains, Esben Kolind wrote: SNIP Woohoo! It has interiors this time! Great engineering once again. Thanks for sharing. Legoswami (18 years ago, 24-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Swedish X2000 high speed train prototype - and it tilts!
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Hey, A couple of years ago, I built the (URL) Tilt Train> and James Mathis came up with a (URL) great idea> on how to simplify the tilting mechanism. Ever since I've been wanting to use this tilt design to built the Swedish X2000 high speed tilting (...) (18 years ago, 24-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Aerotrain/hovertrain in Lego?
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(...) If you built a maglev then a Lego propeller (as mentioned elsewhere in the thread) should be powerful enough to power it, due to the much reduced friction. Control would be another matter... Tim (...) (18 years ago, 23-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I've toyed with that solution, but how do you propel a hovertrain in LEGO? If it has something that touches the track, that would make it not fully hoverable... -Rob www.brickmodder.net www.lifelites.com (18 years ago, 22-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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